Display · Peter Wiegel
CAT Hohenzollern
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Hohenzollern', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Hohenzollern is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, CAT Hohenzollern has an x-height taller than 70%, is narrower than 91% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 64%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Pirata One
CAT Hohenzollern on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pirata One (81 out of 100) and Augsburger Schrift CAT (79). Pirata One is 10% wider and 6% heavier; Augsburger Schrift CAT is 12% lighter and 6% wider, with an x-height 14% shorter.
CAT Hohenzollern and Pirata One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT HohenzollernPirata One…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The CAT Hohenzollern alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
CAT Hohenzollern at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made CAT Hohenzollern, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “CAT Hohenzollern”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Hohenzollern is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and CAT Hohenzollern comes from Peter Wiegel. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Peter Wiegel first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for CAT Hohenzollern, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Hohenzollern under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Hohenzollern, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 56.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 36.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 55%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 70% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 91% of display faces
InkDarker than 64% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Hohenzollern
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Pirata One8110% wider · 6% heavier
- Augsburger Schrift CAT79x-height 14% shorter · 12% lighter · 6% wider
- CAT Eckmann77x-height 14% shorter · 9% heavier
- Federant7641% wider · x-height 8% shorter · 13% lighter
- Jaini Purva73x-height 13% shorter · 8% wider
- Bombe CAT7213% wider · 19% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Hohenzollern →Compare side by side →Get CAT Hohenzollern on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Hohenzollern without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like CAT Hohenzollern sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Hohenzollern loads, this sets Arial in its place at 73.7% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Hohenzollern’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Hohenzollern Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 73.74%;
ascent-override: 134.25%;
descent-override: 35.26%;
line-gap-override: 3.80%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Hohenzollern', 'CAT Hohenzollern Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Hohenzollern
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Hohenzollern free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Hohenzollern is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “CAT Hohenzollern”.
How do I download and install CAT Hohenzollern?
CAT Hohenzollern comes free from Peter Wiegel . Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is CAT Hohenzollern in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Hohenzollern comes from Peter Wiegel. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does CAT Hohenzollern have?
CAT Hohenzollern comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed CAT Hohenzollern?
CAT Hohenzollern was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT Hohenzollern?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pirata One (81), Augsburger Schrift CAT (79) and CAT Eckmann (77), out of 100. Next to CAT Hohenzollern, Pirata One is 10% wider and 6% heavier. See all 100 fonts like CAT Hohenzollern.